skies and showers and thunderstorms with us. temperatures in the 70s for the next couple of hours. we'll have the complete forecast as well as looking it at hurricane bill. a man shot and killed through the window of his east baltimore home. it is a murder that has shaken his community. it happened south island in east baltimore at 4:30 on thursday. tonight brian reports on the story behind yet another baltimore homicide. >> reporter: daunte gunner was murdered yesterday. the name may not mean much to you. but for this diverse neighborhood on the east side his death shattered nerves as wrecklessly as the three bullet holes through his window. >> i can honestly say it does. everybody was just feeling sick about it. >> reporter: because for this block it doesn't take long to see the angers on people's

faces. daunte was a mentor to the kids around here. he has a criminal record but some say it used it to counsel other youths against the lifestyle. a beloved voice silenced. >> someone banged on the door. when the victim walked up to the window to look out to see who it was knocking that's when that person opened fire striking the victim through the window. >> reporter: a crude way to murder. but the first in nine days in this city. the longest stretch all year between homicides. in fact homicide numbers have slowed in the past month nearly eequally last year's record-low at this time. >> we have gone nine days without homicides in baltimore. going after the root of the problem and the violence is proving effective. >> reporter: for this city improving numbers but numbers can be apathetic for it is the singular tragedies that

profoundly change a neighborhood. >> i know we have problems here but i have never seen this happen ever. >> reporter: homicide number 142. but a first on this block. in east baltimore brian abc 2 news. >> if you have any information on who may have killed daunte gunter you are urged to call city police. baltimore police have found a tanker truck they think was involved in a deadly crash involving a bicyclist. a police commander wrote in an e-mail that video clearly shows the cyclist, 67-year-old johnuates to be at fall. all 12 queen ann's county football players were treated and released from the hospital. detectives did seize a large

water container that many of the players were drinking from. a maryland man walks away from a fiery plane crash in new jersey. it happened early this morning a quarter of a mile from the airport. >> the flight was attempting to run down the runway. possibly half way it attempted to abort the landing. during that time it struck a tree and came to rest in the parking lot. >> the co-pilot and pilot from pennsylvania were at a nearby bus stop. alert but badly burned. the plane was carrying medical specimens. the pilot is in critical

condition. bail has been denied for two teenagers in a charge police say was racially motivated. the 16 and 17-year-old the face charges of attempted first degree murder. they have a preliminary hearing set for september 18th. they were arrested in connection with the beating of 76-year-old james privet who was fishing in the park. the charm city roller girls will be holding a fundraiser tomorrow night for privet. the all-women roller derby league wants to help pay his medical bills and any legal fees he may face. 5% of profits from beer sales will go to the effort. the charm city roller girls play tomorrow. doors open at 6:00. a prisoner who escaped from a howard county's sheriff's

deputy is back in custody tonight. u.s. marshals say they found him last night at a home near richmond, virginia inside a wall. >> we don't know who owns the house. it is not his brother's house. it is still under investigation. we don't know what the relationship is between the man and the occupants of the house. >> the howard county deputy has been released. a convicted murderer pleaded not guilty for selling a nine millimeter pistol for $100 to steven medicare fair's girlfriend. she used the gun to kill mcnair in july. an update on a story we first told you about last week andmont county prosecutor will

handle the case of a judge accused of deflating a car tire. the judge said he was angry because the woman driving the car had parked in his space. the case will be heard in montgomery county to avoid a conflict of interest. circuit court judge has been suspended from hearing criminal cases until the investigation is completed. if you'd like to take advantage of the federal cash for clunkers program you better hurry. the government is letting the air out of the program this monday at 8:00 p.m. cash for clunkers has brought thousands of people into showrooms nationwide has consumers trade in gas guzzling cars. >> 20% of our business is cash for clunkers. people are coming in saying i'm here to try to get a clunker deal. >> they are bringing in older model cars. they are exchanging them for

better, more efficient cars. >> still all the dealers are hoping they get their money from federal government. even though the popularity of the program has meant dealers have been slowed to get paid most say they have seen a spike in business. cash for clunkers program ends monday night at 8:00. thousands of people are canceling easy pass after the state started charging a monthly fee for the service. maryland transportation authority says 19,000 users filed requests to close accounts last month. the $1.50 month fee went into affect last month. it is a small fraction of the 50000 customers overall. word of a $29,000 bonus for the baltimore city school chief is drawing some fire from parents and teachers. the bonus is on top of his $250,000 salary.

the board cited a contractual obligation on student enrollment and test scores awarding the bonus. >> he could say because of the economic times you can redirect that bonus to the schools. he has a choice to say that. >> teachers in the city schools will not get a raise this year. he was unavailable for comment today. should the school's ceo pay back his $29,000 bonus? go to abc2news.com to take part in the online poll. it is on the right-hand side of our home page. students at one baltimore county school are in for a treat when they head back to the classroom. a new state-of-the-art virtual learning center will be available at chesapeake high school. it is first of its kind in the nation with high-definition tvs and joy sticks it is designed to give students hands on experience in a virtual setting and reenforce math and scientist skills. >> i think it is a great way to

engage student. traditional textbook learning appeals to some students but not all. >> one fundamental concept is solving a problem. >> he hopes to bring the virtual learning center to other schools in the county. the proobject is a partnership with johns hopkins. >> the jackpot for tonight's mega millions jackpot has climbed to $207 million. if you decide to take the cash option you stand to get $130 million. the drawing is tonight at 11:00. planning on watching a movie this weekend? coming up, before you pop in a dvd, you'll want to know why more than a million players are being recalled. think you can't afford to head out of town for the labor day weekend? how you may be able to get a great deal.

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get away? nicole collins has details. >> reporter: labor day is fast approaching. travelers can take advantage of new holiday deals being posted every day at every hour. >> if they decide today or next friday that they want to get away for labor day weekend they'll be able to find a place within their budget. >> reporter: how about mexico? hawaii? vegas? london? these destinations provide hotel and plane ticket discounts. airfares across the board are 17% lower than last year. >> we'll probably expect to see a softer labor day than a year- ago. >> reporter: that means the travel industry is eager for business. >> this year they realize if they don't give you a good deal they won't sale their rooms. >> reporter: experts say be flexible. think less about where you want go and more about where to get

a good deal. don't overlook four and five-star hotels. some are cheaper now. book package deals. check websites daily. >> united airlines launched a labor day sale. a lot of airlines have match had the. we may see the regular weekend fares pop up, too, for labor day. >> reporter: that means check back the wednesday before labor day and see if airlines decide to offer regular weekday rates because of road sales. aaa says gas prices will be done $1.10 from last year. you may be able to get a deal if you are riding the rails. action track is extending northeast regional service through december 16th. you can get tickets to new york and boston for as low as $49. they require a 14-day advance purchase.

it appears things are calming down. >> for the time being. we have another band of stuff headed in our direction. remember the big boat we shown you, the carnival pride, it has gone away. 160 feet long sailing out of baltimore. that's cool. temperature bwi marshall 77 degrees. winds from the east at 7. pressure 29.85. here are your high tides 7:05 in the morning. low tide 1:59. winds tomorrow shifting northeast as we go through the day. our low this morning was 73. high today was 91 degrees before the thunderstorm activity came through. of course, that changed everything out there. we've hit our two-degree guarantee ten days in a row

now. current temperature 77. 81 hagerstown. up in philadelphia 75. out in the atlantic hurricane bill continues to churn. over the past 12 hours this is what bill has been doing. continues to take a turn towards the north passing between the continental united states and bermuda. it looks like all along the eastern seaboard we'll see rough surf and rip tides as the system makes its way towards the north and east. the national hurricane center says bill will continue to turn towards the north and steer out into the north atlantic not bothering us at all. not making landfall in the united states. we'll see win and waves along the eastern seaboard. throughout the day we had storms impacting us between 1:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. here they come there. very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity. right now we have more shower and thunderstorm activity to the west of us. right now maryland's most powerful radar is indicating

thunderstorm activity making its way towards the frederick region. there is the baltimore beltway. this system is making its way in that direction. there is showers down south of d.c. that we could see in the baltimore area. as far as our forecast for tonight. cloudy skies. scattered showers continue to move out of the area. still a chance for scattered showers but tomorrow afternoon they bubble up once again. starting at 11:00 and lasting through tomorrow evening. very much like today. then on sunday a much better-looking day on sunday. here's your forecast for tonight. mostly cloudy. showers and storms. we'll see overnight low of 75 degrees. tomorrow and saturday partly cloudy. showers and thunderstorms almost a carbon copy today but cooler tomorrow. extended outlook. sunday's a much better looking day. 83 degrees. partly cloudy skies. sunshine monday high of 84. tuesday mostly sunny 86. wednesday, thursday and friday partly cloudy to mostly sunny

skies. warm temperatures wednesday and thursday. look at friday. a high of 78 degrees. we'll continue continue tracking the storms. i can not wait for this. tomorrow micheal phelps and shaquille o'neal will talk about a pool dual. they'll appear together at the north harbor. they'll talk about the swimming competition which will be taped sunday for an episode of abc's shaq versus show. the race will take place at layola college. it is scheduled to air september 15th. the ravens are wrapping up practice. after this weekend they'll head back towings mills. >> at this point we made the transition. i'm sure he made the adjustment. >> training camp today the coach talked about the season ahead. >> for us to be a successful

football team this year we have to be really, really good on special teams. we were average at best last year. >> march sanchez will likely start for the jets on sunday. let's take another live look at the north harbor. we don't have the big boat but we have a lot of little ones. norm will be back with the weekend forecast. a dull metal clanking sound. bear groans.

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we have two important recalls to tell you about tonight. first joe biden volkswagon and audi are recalling cars for transmission problems. >> there was no forward motion at all with the car. the engine was racing and the transmission was slipping. >> this is a classic safety hazard. >> it is only a matter of time until it continues being kept. >> volkswagon said the recall effects 2008/2009 jetta withaa

direct shift gearbox transmission. the consumer products safety commission is recalling one and a half million dvd players. the dura band units were sold at walmart stores from january 2006 and july 2009. they can overheat and cause a fire. >> if you have this brand dvd player stop using it and return it to walmart for a full refund. walmart received 12 reports of the dvds overheating. five resulted in fires. >> so far no injuries have been reported. great way to end the week. fourth straight day on wall street. the rally on wall street may have been fueled by this. home sales in july posted the largest monthly increase in the last ten years. much of the credit is being

given to first time home buyers taking advantage of a temporary $8,000 tax credit. it is the fourth straight monthly increase. scattered showers and thunderstorms once again during the day tomorrow. cooler temperatures we'll see a high tomorrow of 82 degrees. on sunday partly cloudy. a little nicer day with a high of 83. now, monday and tuesday looking nice with lower temperatures. lots of sunshine around. then wednesday and thursday partly cloudy skies. little warmer temperature. look at the temperature ñkçby t time we get to next friday looks like /ña high of 78 degrees. now, there are still some more thunderstorms out there to the west of us moving in our direction. we'll be tracking them throughout the evening. that's all for us on abc 2 news at 6:00. thank you for joining us. we'll be back at 11:00. hope to see you then. have a great evening.